The potential pay strike of 1.5 million public sector workers is an important step forward for the trade union movement in Britain. We have now endured at least 5 years of pay freezes and under inflation pay cuts. The TUC estimates that British workers have seen their pay fall by 4.5%

Unite the Resistance welcomes the prospect of a coordinated pay strike by a number of unions on 10th July. We believe that this should be the beginning of a pay revolt and that further coordinated and escalating actions should be called to win the pay rise we all deserve.